2022-11-14
Today, the Bank of Lithuania published the balance of payments for September 2022, which shows that:
compared to August, the deficit on the current account balance (CAB) slightly narrowed (3.7%) to €276.2 million. This was due to an increase in the services surplus and a narrowing of the primary income deficit, which offset a significant widening of the foreign trade deficit. Exports of services, which increased by 11.0% more than imports (5.1%), contributed 23.4% to the services surplus, amounting to €533.0 million. The foreign trade deficit widened by 26.6% to €705.0 million, driven by an increase in goods imports outpacing goods exports (by 2.3% and 5.2% respectively). The primary income deficit decreased by 34.2% to €120.0 million;
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the secondary income balance decreased but remained in surplus at €15.8 million. Inflows from the European Union (EU) structural support funds (€29.2 million) decreased by 9.6%, while Lithuania‘s estimated contributions to the EU budget (€42.7 million) decreased by 0.8%, compared to August. Personal transfers from abroad amounted to €54.6 million, down by 2.8% compared to August. Personal transfers from Lithuania amounted to €34.0 million, down by 2.2%;
the negative net flow of financial account investment (€677.3 million) was mainly driven by the negative net other investment and direct investment flows (see Chart 2).
Chart 1. CAB and its composite flows
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Chart 2. Net financial account investment flows
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Detailed data for September is available on the Bank of Lithuania website (External statistics).
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